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Mail-Order Homes
Sears Homes and Other Kit Houses
Written by Rebecca Hunter
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $9.95
At the turn of the last century, the American middle class was expanding rapidly as homesteaders moved west and as trains took travellers across the country, where they established themselves in the depot towns that erupted along train lines. With that growth came the demand for new homes, and from that...
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American Visions
The Epic History of Art in America
Written by Robert Hughes
Format: Trade Paperback, 648 pages
On Sale: November 9, 1999
Price: $50.00
Writing with all the brilliance, authority, and pungent wit that have distinguished his art criticism for
Time magazine and his greatly acclaimed study of modern art,
The Shock of the New, Robert Hughes now addresses his largest subject: the history of art in America.
The intense relationship between the American people...
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Rooms to Remember
The Classic Interiors of Suzanne Tucker
Written by Suzanne Tucker
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $65.00
In the work of interior designer Suzanne Tucker, art and artifact collections are displayed to best advantage for daily enjoyment by their owners, custom-mixed wall colors are set off by richly sensual textiles and forms, and inherited pieces are blended with newly found treasures to bestow a subtle aura of age...
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Living Traditions
Interiors by Matthew Patrick Smyth
Written by Matthew Patrick Smyth
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2011
Price: $50.00
Classic style and impeccable attention to detail are hallmarks of the work of interior designer Matthew Patrick Smyth. His comfortable, timeless rooms are tailored to fit his clients’ personalities and lifestyles, whether they are dynamic young couples with children or cultured art collectors. Smyth masterfully blends contemporary pieces with antiques to...
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Estimating for Interior Designers
Written by Carol Sampson
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2001
Price: $22.99
The first edition of
Estimating for Interior Designers quickly became the “bible” for interior designers everywhere. This completely updated and revised edition provides all the basic, nuts-and-bolts information readers expect, along with all-new sections on faux finishing, including trompe l'oeil; Roman shades; and using upholstery fabrics for drapery and bed coverings...
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Steven Ehrlich Houses
Written by Steven Ehrlich
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2011
Price: $50.00
Residential design forms the core of Steven Ehrlich's award-winning architectural practice. Sixteen houses are presented here, designs characterized by the fusion of powerful modernist forms with the cultural, climatic, and contextual particulars of place.
Ehrlich spent six years living, teaching, traveling, and studying indigenous vernacular architecture in North and...
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